Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1889 — The Cost of Private Cars. [ARTICLE]

The Cost of Private Cars.

St Louis Globe-Democrat “Many extravagant stories are in circulation,” said George W. Allen, “as to the cost of private cars, such as are used by railroad magnates, opera singers, imported actors and millionaires; and I have often heard it stated that an average, Pullman palace car is worth $60,000. Stories are printed about cars costing all the way from SIOO,OOO to $200,000. The fact of the matter is that a palace car costs about $12,000 complete. The make up of the cars, regular or special, is about the same. Additional cost is brought about by the internal decorations, and that must necessarily be lim-. ited. I doubt if there was ever** car constructed that cost more than $35,000. To exceed that figure require a decoration exclusively in jewels and the precious metals.”